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p. 673City of Geneva, Plaintiff, v. Cayuga Oil Company, Inc., and Others, Defendants. Supreme Court, Ontario County, December 26, 1929.
George I. Teter, for the plaintiff.
Frank W. Brooks, for the defendants.
The levying and collecting of taxes does not estop the plaintiff from asserting title. (City of Mt. Vernon v. New York, N. H. & H. R. R. Co., 232 N. Y. 309 , 319.)
p. 674
The failure of officers of the plaintiff to perforin their duties does not estop the plaintiff from claiming title to the lands in question. (Village of North Pelham v. Ohliger, 216 App. Div. 728 ; affd., 245 N. Y. 593 ; People v. Baldwin, 197 App. Div. 285 ; affd., 233 N. Y. 672 ; People v. Santa Clara Lumber Co., 213 id. 61, 67.)
The motion to strike out the defense setting up an estoppel is granted, with ten dollars costs to the plaintiff to abide the event of the action.
Cases cited
- City of Mount Vernon v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad 232 N. Y. 309 at 319 p. 673
- O'Mahony v. Fando 245 N. Y. 593 p. 674
- People v. Baldwin 233 N. Y. 672 p. 674